Resolved by the
Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the following persons are elected
as attaches of the Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature of
the State of Nevada: Kathryn Alden, Matthew Baker, Robin Bates, Lucinda
Benjamin, Kathryn Fosnaugh, Jason Hataway, Diane Keetch, Kyle Wentz, Terry
Sullivan, Jennifer Osheroff, Barbara Houger, Leslie Danihel, Wendy Kameda,
Betty Phenix, Norm Budden and Mary Carel.

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FILE NUMBER 2, SR 1

Senate
Resolution No. 1–Committee of the Whole

FILE NUMBER 2

Senate RESOLUTION—Adopting
the Rules of the Senate for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature.

Resolved by the
Senate of the State of Nevada, That the following Rules of the Senate
for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature are hereby adopted:

I. APPLICABILITY

Rule No. 1. Generally.

The Rules
of the Senate for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature are applicable
only during the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature.

II. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Duties of Officers

Rule No. 2. President.

The
President shall take the chair and call the Senate to order precisely at the
hour appointed for meeting. He shall preserve order and decorum, and in case of
any disturbance or disorderly conduct within the Senate Chamber, shall order
the Sergeant at Arms to suppress it, and may order the arrest of any person
creating any disturbance within the Senate Chamber.

Chamber. He may
speak to points of order in preference to members, rising from his seat for
that purpose, and shall decide questions of order without debate, subject to an
appeal to the Senate by two members, on which appeal no member may speak more
than once without leave of the Senate. He shall sign all acts, addresses and
joint resolutions, and all writs, warrants and subpoenas issued by order of the
Senate; all of which must be attested by the Secretary. He has general
direction of the Senate Chamber.

Rule No. 3. President
Pro Tem.

The
President Pro Tem has all the power and shall discharge all the duties of the
President during his absence or inability to discharge the duties of his
office. In the absence or inability of the President Pro Tem to discharge the
duties of the President’s office, the Senate shall elect one of its members as
the presiding officer for that occasion. A member who is serving as the
presiding officer has all the power and shall discharge all the duties of the
President until the absence or inability which resulted in the member serving
as the presiding officer has ended.

Rule No. 4. Secretary.

1. The
Secretary of the Senate is elected by the Senate, and shall:

(a) Interview
and recommend persons to be considered for employment to assist the Secretary.

(b) See
that these employees perform their respective duties.

(c) Administer
the daily business of the Senate, including the provision of secretaries as
needed.

(d) Unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate, transmit as soon as practicable those bills
and resolutions upon which the next action is to be taken by the Assembly.

2. The
Secretary is responsible to the Majority Leader.

Rule No. 5. Sergeant
at Arms.

1. The
Sergeant at Arms shall attend the Senate during its sittings, and execute its
commands and all process issued by its authority. He must be sworn to keep the
secrets of the Senate.

2. The
Sergeant at Arms shall:

(a) Superintend
the upkeep of the Senate’s Chamber, private lounge, and meeting rooms.

(b) Interview
and recommend persons to be considered for employment to assist the Sergeant at
Arms.

3. The
Sergeant at Arms is responsible to the Majority Leader.

Rule No. 6. Assistant
Sergeant at Arms.

The
Assistant Sergeant at Arms shall be doorkeeper and shall preserve order in the
Senate Chamber and shall assist the Sergeant at Arms. He shall be sworn to keep
the secrets of the Senate.

A Call of
the Senate may be moved by three Senators, and if carried by a majority of all
present, the Secretary shall call the roll and note the absentees, after which
the names of the absentees shall again be called over. The doors shall then be
closed and the Sergeant at Arms directed to take into custody all who may be
absent without leave, and all Senators so taken into custody shall be presented
at the bar of the Senate for such action as to the Senate may seem proper.

Rule No. 8. Absence—Leave
Required.

No
Senator shall absent himself from the service of the Senate without leave,
except in case of accident or sickness, and if any Senator or officer shall so
absent himself, his per diem shall not be allowed him.

Rule No. 9. Open
Meetings.

1. Except
as otherwise provided in the Constitution of the State of Nevada and in
subsection 2 of this rule, all meetings of the Senate and the Committee of the
Whole or a standing committee must be open to the public.

2. A
meeting may be closed to consider the character, alleged misconduct,
professional competence, or physical or mental health of a person.

IV. DECORUM AND DEBATE

Rule No. 10. Points
of Order.

1. If
any Senator, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the rules of the Senate,
the President shall, or any Senator may, call him to order. If a Senator is so
called to order, he shall not proceed without leave of the Senate. If such
leave is granted, it must be upon the motion, “That he be allowed to proceed in
order,” and the Senator shall confine himself to the question under
consideration and avoid personality.

2. Every
decision of points of order made by the President is subject to appeal, and a
discussion of a question of order may be allowed only upon the appeal of two
Senators. In all cases of appeal, the question must be, “Shall the decision of
the Chair stand as the judgment of the Senate?”

Rule No. 11. Breaches
of Decorum.

1. In
cases of breaches of decorum or propriety, any Senator, officer or other person
is liable to such censure or punishment as the Senate may deem proper.

2. If
any Senator is called to order for offensive or indecorous language or conduct,
the person calling him to order shall report the offensive or indecorous
language or conduct to the presiding officer. No member may be held to answer
for any language used on the floor of the Senate if business has intervened
before exception to the language was taken.

3. Indecorous
conduct or boisterous or unbecoming language is not permitted in the Senate
Chamber.

V. QUORUM, VOTING, ELECTIONS

Rule No. 12. Action
Required to Be Taken in Senate Chamber.

Any
action taken by the Senate must be taken in the Senate Chamber.

Rule No. 13. Recorded
Vote—Three Required to Call For.

1. A
recorded vote must be taken upon final passage of a bill or joint resolution,
and in any other case when called for by three members. Every Senator within
the bar of the Senate shall vote “yea” or “nay” or record himself as “not
voting,” unless excused by unanimous vote of the Senate.

2. The
votes and names of those absent or recorded as “not voting” and the names of
Senators demanding the recorded vote must be entered in the Journal.

Rule No. 14. President
to Decide—Tie Vote.

A
question is lost by a tie vote, but when the Senate is equally divided on any
question except the passage of a bill or joint resolution, the President may
give the deciding vote.

Rule No. 15. Manner
of Election—Voting.

1. In
all cases of election by the Senate, the vote must be taken viva voce. In other
cases, if a vote is to be recorded, it may be taken by oral roll-call or by
electronic recording.

2. When
a recorded vote is taken, no Senator may:

(a) Vote
except when at his seat;

(b) Vote
upon any question in which he is in any way personally or directly interested;

(c) Explain
his vote or discuss the question while the voting is in progress; or

(d) Change
his vote after the result is announced.

3. The
announcement of the result of any vote must not be postponed.

VI. LEGISLATIVE BODIES

Rule No. 16. Committee
of the Whole.

1. All
bills and resolutions may be referred only to the Committee of the Whole or to
such standing committee as may be appointed pursuant to Rule No. 16.5.

2. The
Majority Leader shall preside as Chair of the Committee of the Whole or name a
Chair to preside.

3. Any
meeting of the Committee of the Whole may be conducted outside the Senate
Chamber, as designated by the Chair of the Committee.

4. A
member of the Committee of the Whole may speak only once on an item listed on
the Committee’s agenda, for a period of not more than 10 minutes, unless he is
granted leave of the Chair to speak for a longer period or more than once. If a
member is granted leave to speak for a longer
period or more than once, the Chair may limit the length of additional time
that the member may speak.

longer period
or more than once, the Chair may limit the length of additional time that the
member may speak.

5. The
Chair may require any vote of the Committee of the Whole to be recorded in the
manner designated by the Chair.

6. All
amendments proposed by the Committee of the Whole:

(a) Must
first be approved by the Committee.

(b) Must
be reported by the Chair to the Senate.

7. The
minutes of the Committee’s meetings must be entered in the final Journal.

Rule No. 16.5. Standing
Committees.

In
addition to the Committee of the Whole, such standing committees may be
appointed as may be deemed necessary.

Rule No. 17. Rules
Applicable to Standing Committees and Committee of the Whole.

The Rules
of the Senate shall apply to proceedings in Committee of the Whole and such
standing committees as may be appointed, except that the previous question
shall not be ordered. The rules of parliamentary practice contained in Mason’s
Manual of Legislative Procedure shall govern such committees in all cases
in which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the
rules and orders of the Senate.

Rule No. 18. Motion
to Rise Committee of the Whole.

A motion
that the Committee of the Whole rise shall always be in order, and shall be
decided without debate.

VII. RULES GOVERNING MOTIONS

A. Motions Generally

Rule No. 19. Entertaining.

1. No
motion may be debated until it is announced by the President.

2. By
consent of the Senate, a motion may be withdrawn before amendment or decision.

Rule No. 20. Precedence
of Motions.

When a
question is under debate, no motion shall be received but the following, which
shall have precedence in the order named:

1. When
a motion to commit, to postpone to a day certain, or to postpone indefinitely
has been decided, it must not be again entertained on the same day.

2. When
a question has been postponed indefinitely, it must not again be introduced
during the Special Session.

3. There
must be no reconsideration of a vote on a motion to postpone indefinitely.

B. Particular
Motions

Rule No. 22. To
Adjourn.

A motion
to adjourn shall always be in order. The name of the Senator moving to adjourn,
and the time when the motion was made, shall be entered in the Journal.

Rule No. 23. Lay
on the Table.

A motion
to lay on or take from the table shall be carried by a majority vote.

Rule No. 24. To
Strike Enacting Clause.

A motion
to strike out the enacting clause of a bill or resolution has precedence over a
motion to commit or amend. If a motion to strike out the enacting clause of a
bill or resolution is carried, the bill or resolution is rejected.

Rule No. 25. Division
of Question.

1. Any
Senator may call for a division of a question.

2. A
question must be divided if it embraces subjects so distinct that if one
subject is taken away, a substantive proposition remains for the decision of
the Senate.

3. A
motion to strike out and insert must not be divided.

Rule No. 26. Explanation
of Motion.

Whenever
a Senator moves to change the usual disposition of a bill or resolution, he
shall describe the subject of the bill or resolution and state the reasons for
his requesting the change in the processing of the bill or resolution.

VIII. DEBATE

Rule No. 27. Speaking
on Question.

1. Every
Senator who speaks shall, standing in his place, address “Mr. or Madam
President,” in a courteous manner, and shall confine himself to the question
before the Senate. When he has finished, he shall sit down.

2. Except
as otherwise provided in Senate Rules Nos. 10 and 45 of the 23rd Special
Session, a Senator may speak only once on a question before the Senate, for a
period of not more than 10 minutes, unless he is granted leave of the President to speak for a longer period or more
than once.

leave of the
President to speak for a longer period or more than once. If a Senator is
granted leave to speak for a longer period or more than once, the President may
limit the length of additional time that the member may speak.

3. Incidental
and subsidiary questions arising during debate shall not be considered the same
question.

Rule No. 28. Previous
Question.

The
previous question shall not be put unless demanded by three Senators, and it
shall be in this form: “Shall the main question be now put?” When sustained by
a majority of Senators present, it shall put an end to all debate and bring the
Senate to a vote on the question or questions before it, and all incidental
questions arising after the motion was made shall be decided without debate. A
person who is speaking on a question shall not while he has the floor move to
put that question.

IX. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

A. Generally

Rule No. 29. Mason’s
Manual.

The rules
of parliamentary practice contained in Mason’s Manual of Legislative
Procedure shall govern the Senate in all cases in which they are applicable
and in which they are not inconsistent with the rules and orders of the Senate
for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature, and the Joint Rules of the
Senate and Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature.

Rule No. 30. Suspension
of Rule.

No rule
or order of the Senate for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature shall be
rescinded or changed without a majority vote of the Senate; but, except as
otherwise provided in Senate Rule No. 39 of the 23rd Special Session of the
Legislature, a rule or order may be temporarily suspended for a special purpose
by a majority vote of the members present. When the suspension of a rule is
called for, and after due notice from the President no objection is offered, he
can announce the rule suspended and the Senate may proceed accordingly; but
this shall not apply to that portion of Senate Rule No. 39 of the 23rd Special
Session of the Legislature relating to the third reading of bills, which cannot
be suspended.

Rule No. 31. Protest.

Any
Senator, or Senators, may protest against the action of the Senate upon any
question, and have such protest entered in the Journal.

Rule No. 32. Privilege
of the Floor.

1. To
preserve decorum and facilitate the business of the Senate, only the following
persons may be present on the floor of the Senate during formal sessions:

(e) Members
of the Assembly whose presence is required for the transaction of business.

2. Guests
of Senators must be seated in a section of the upper or lower gallery of the
Senate Chamber to be specially designated by the Sergeant at Arms. The Majority
Leader may specify special occasions when guests may be seated on the floor of
the Senate with a Senator.

3. A
majority of Senators may authorize the President to have the Senate Chamber
cleared of all persons except Senators and officers of the Senate.

4. The
Senate Chamber may not be used for any business other than legislative business
during a legislative session.

Rule No. 33. Material
Placed on Legislators’ Desks.

1. Only
the Sergeant at Arms and officers and employees of the Senate may place papers,
letters, notes, pamphlets and other written material upon a Senator’s desk.
Such material must contain the name of the Legislator requesting the placement
of the material on the desk or a designation of the origin of the material.

2. This
rule does not apply to books containing the legislative bills and resolutions,
the daily histories and daily journals of the Senate or Assembly, or
Legislative Counsel Bureau material.

Rule No. 34. Petitions
and Memorials.

The
contents of any petition or memorial shall be briefly stated by the President
or any Senator presenting it. It shall then lie on the table or be referred, as
the President or Senate may direct.

Rule No. 35. Objection
to Reading of Paper.

Where the
reading of any paper is called for, and is objected to by any Senator, it shall
be determined by a vote of the Senate, and without debate.

Rule No. 36. Questions
Relating to Priority of Business.

All
questions relating to the priority of business shall be decided without debate.

B. Bills

Rule No. 37. Requests
for the Drafting of Bills, Resolutions and Amendments.

The
Legislative Counsel shall not honor a request for the drafting of a bill, resolution
or amendment to be introduced in the Senate unless it is submitted by the
Committee of the Whole, a standing committee, a Conference Committee or the
Governor.

1. Except
as otherwise provided in this rule, no bill or resolution may be introduced in
the Senate unless it is first approved by the Committee of the Whole or a
standing committee.

2. The
provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a bill or resolution that is:

(a) Required
to carry out the business of the Senate or the Legislature; or

(b) Requested
by the Governor.

3. Skeleton
bills may not be introduced.

Rule No. 39. Reading
of Bills.

1. Every
bill must receive three readings before its passage, unless, in case of
emergency, this rule is suspended by a two-thirds vote of the members elected
to the Senate.

2. The
first reading of a bill is for information, and if there is opposition to the
bill, the question must be, “Shall this bill receive no further consideration?”
If there is no opposition to the bill, or if the question to reject is
defeated, the bill must then take the usual course.

3. No
bill may be committed until once read, nor amended until twice read.

4. The
third reading of every bill must be by sections.

Rule No. 40. Second
Reading File—Consent Calendar.

1. All
bills or joint resolutions reported by the Committee of the Whole or a standing
committee must be placed on a Second Reading File unless recommended for
placement on the Consent Calendar.

2. The
Committee of the Whole or a standing committee shall not recommend a bill or
joint resolution for placement on the Consent Calendar if:

(a) An
amendment of the bill or joint resolution is recommended;

(b) It
contains an appropriation;

(c) It
requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate; or

(d) It is
controversial in nature.

3. A
bill or joint resolution must be removed from the Consent Calendar at the
request of any Senator. A bill or joint resolution so removed must be
immediately placed on the Second Reading File for consideration in the usual
order of business.

4. When
the Consent Calendar is called, the bills remaining on the Consent Calendar
must be read by number and summary, and the vote must be taken on their final
passage as a group.

Rule No. 41. Reading of Bills—General File.

1. Upon
reading of bills on the Second Reading File, Senate and Assembly bills reported
without amendments must be placed on the General File.

2. Only
amendments proposed by the Committee of the Whole, a standing committee or a
Conference Committee may be considered.

3. Amendments
proposed by the Committee of the Whole or a standing committee and reported
with bills may be adopted by a majority vote of the members present. Bills so
amended must be reprinted, engrossed or reengrossed, and placed on the General
File. The File must be made available to members of the public each day by the
Secretary.

Rule No. 42. Reconsideration
of Vote on Bill.

No motion
to reconsider a vote is in order.

C. Resolutions

Rule No. 43. Treated
as Bills.

Resolutions
addressed to Congress, or to either House thereof, or to the President of the
United States, or the heads of any of the national departments, or proposing
amendments to the State Constitution are subject, in all respects, to the
foregoing rules governing the course of bills. A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution shall be entered in the Journal in its entirety.

Rule No. 44. Treated
as Motions.

Resolutions,
other than those referred to in Senate Rule No. 43 of the 23rd Special Session
of the Legislature, shall be treated as motions in all proceedings of the
Senate.

Rule No. 45. Order
of Business.

1. Roll
Call.

2. Prayer
and Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

3. Reading and Approval of the Journal.

4. Reports
of Committees.

5. Messages
from the Governor.

6. Messages
from the Assembly.

7. Communications.

8. [Reserved.]

9. Motions,
Resolutions and Notices.

10. Introduction,
First Reading and Reference.

11. Consent
Calendar.

12. Second
Reading and Amendment.

13. General
File and Third Reading.

14. Unfinished
Business.

15. Special
Orders of the Day.

16. Remarks
from the Floor; Introduction of Guests. A member may speak under this order of
business for a period of not more than 5 minutes each day.

Rule No. 46. Privilege.

Any
Senator may rise and explain a matter personal to himself by leave of the
President, but he shall not discuss any pending question in such explanation.

When two
or more Senators rise at the same time, the President shall name the one who
may first speak—giving preference, when practicable, to the mover or introducer
of the subject under consideration.

Rule No. 48. Special
Order.

The
President shall call the Senate to order on the arrival of the time fixed for
the consideration of a special order, and announce that the special order is
before the Senate, which shall be considered, unless it be postponed by a
two-thirds vote, and any business before the Senate at the time of the announcement
of the special order shall go to Unfinished Business.

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FILE NUMBER 3, SR 2

Senate
Resolution No. 2–Committee of the Whole

FILE NUMBER 3

Senate
RESOLUTION—Providing that no allowances will be paid for the 23rd Special
Session of the Nevada Legislature for periodicals, stamps, stationery or
communications.

Resolved by the
Senate of the State of Nevada, That for the 23rd Special Session of the
Nevada Legislature, no allowances will be paid for members of the Senate for
periodicals, stamps, stationery or the use of telephones and no allowances will
be paid for the President Pro Tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader or
chairman of a committee of the Senate for postage, telephone tolls or other
charges for communications.

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FILE NUMBER 4, SR 3

Senate
Resolution No. 3–Committee of the Whole

FILE NUMBER 4

Senate RESOLUTION—Providing for the appointment of attaches.

Resolved by the
Senate of the State of Nevada, That the following persons are elected as
attaches of the Senate for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature of the
State of Nevada: Molly Dondero, Lydia Lee, Evelyn Mattheus, Ann-Berit Moyle,
Sam Palazzolo, Mary Phillips, Jerry Pieretti, Sherry Rodriguez, Ronald
Sandoval, Jim Silsby, Joan Thran, Lela Uptergrove, JoAnn Wessel and Susan
Whitford.

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FILE NUMBER 5, AR 2

Assembly
Resolution No. 2–Committee of the Whole

FILE NUMBER 5

Assembly
RESOLUTION—Providing that no allowances will be paid for the 23rd Special
Session of the Nevada Legislature for periodicals, stamps, stationery or
communications.

Resolved by the
Assembly of the State of Nevada, That for the 23rd Special Session of
the Nevada Legislature, no allowances will be paid for members of the Assembly
for periodicals, stamps, stationery or the use of telephones and no allowances
will be paid for the Speaker, Speaker Pro Tempore, Majority Leader, Minority
Leader or chairman of a committee of the Assembly for postage, telephone tolls
or other charges for communications.

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FILE NUMBER 6, AR 3

Assembly
Resolution No. 3–Committee of the Whole

FILE NUMBER 6

Assembly
RESOLUTION—Adopting the Rules of the Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of
the Nevada Legislature.

Resolved by the
Assemblyof the State of Nevada,
That the following Rules of the Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of the
Legislature are hereby adopted:

I. APPLICABILITY

Rule No. 1. Generally.

The Rules
of the Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature are applicable
only during the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature.

II. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Rule No. 2. Speaker
of the Assembly.

1. All
officers of the Assembly are subordinate to the Speaker in all that relates to
the prompt, efficient and correct discharge of their official duties under the
Speaker’s supervision.

2. Possessing
the powers and performing the duties described in this rule, the Speaker shall:

(a) Take
the chair at the hour to which the Assembly will be meeting, call the members
to order and, upon the appearance of a quorum, proceed to business.

(b) Preserve
order and decorum and have general direction of the Chamber of the Assembly and
the approaches thereto. In the event of any disturbance or disorderly conduct
therein, order the same to be cleared.

(c) Decide
all questions of order, subject to a member’s right to appeal to the Assembly.
On appeal from such decisions, the Speaker has the right, in the Speaker’s
place, to assign the reason for the decision.

(d) Have
the right to name any member to perform the duties of the chair, but such
substitution must not extend beyond one legislative day.

(e) If
the Assembly resolves itself into a Committee of the Whole, name a chairman to
preside thereover and call him to the chair.

(f) Have
the power to accredit the persons who act as representatives of the news media
and assign them seats.

(g) Sign
all bills and resolutions passed by the Legislature as provided by law.

(h) Sign
all subpoenas issued by the Assembly.

(i) Receive
all messages and communications from other departments of the government and
announce them to the Assembly.

(j) Represent
the Assembly, declare its will and in all things obey its commands.

(k) Vote
on final passage of a bill or resolution, but the Speaker shall not be required
to vote in ordinary legislative proceedings except where the Speaker’s vote
would be decisive. In all yea and nay votes, the Speaker’s name must be called
last.

3. If a
vacancy occurs in the Office of Speaker, through death, resignation or
disability of the Speaker, the Speaker pro Tempore shall temporarily and for
the period of vacancy or disability conduct the necessary business of the
Assembly.

4. If a
permanent vacancy occurs in the Office of Speaker, the Assembly shall select a
new Speaker.

Rule No. 3. Reserved.

Rule No. 4. Reserved.

Rule No. 5. Reserved.

Rule No. 6. Reserved.

The next rule is 10.

III. MEETINGS

Rule No. 10. Reserved.

Rule No. 11. Open
Meetings.

All
meetings of the Assembly and its committees must be open to the public.

If any
member, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the rules of the Assembly, the
Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order, in which case the member so
called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and if
called to order by a member, such member shall immediately state the point of
order. If the point of order be sustained by the presiding officer, the member
shall not be allowed to proceed; but if it be not sustained, then he shall be
permitted to go on. Every such decision from the presiding officer shall be
subject to an appeal to the House; but no discussion of the question of order
shall be allowed unless an appeal be taken from the decision of the presiding
officer.

Rule No. 21. Portable
electronic communication devices.

1. A
person who is within the Assembly Chambers shall not engage in a telephone conversation
via the use of a portable telephone.

2. Before
entering the Assembly Chambers, any person who possesses a portable electronic
communication device, such as a pager or telephone, that emits an audible
alert, such as a ringing or beeping sound, to signal an incoming message or
call shall turn the audible alert off. A device that contains a nonaudible
alert, such as a silent vibration, may be operated in a nonaudible manner
within the Assembly Chambers.

Rule No. 22. Reserved.

Rule No. 23. Reserved.

The next rule is 30.

V. QUORUM, VOTING, ELECTIONS

Rule No. 30. Manner
of Voting.

1. The
presiding officer shall declare all votes, but the yeas and nays must be taken
when called for by three members present, and the names of those calling for the
yeas and nays must be entered in the Journal by the Chief Clerk.

2. The
presiding officer shall call for yeas and nays by a division or by a roll call,
either electronic or oral.

3. When
taking the yeas and nays on any question, the electronic roll call system may
be used, and when so used shall have the force and effect of any roll call
under these rules.

4. When
taking the yeas and nays by oral roll call, the Chief Clerk shall take the
names of members alphabetically, except that the Speaker’s name must be called
last.

5. The
electronic roll call system may be used to determine the presence of a quorum.

6. The
yeas and nays must not be taken with the electronic roll call system until all
members present are at their desks. The presiding officer may vote at the
rostrum.

7. Only
a member who is physically present within the Assembly Chambers may cast a vote
in the Assembly.

8. A
member shall not vote for another member on any roll call, either electronic or
oral. Any member who votes for another member may be punished in any manner
deemed appropriate by the Assembly.

Rule No. 31. Reserved.

Rule No. 32. Announcement
of the Vote.

1. A
member may change his vote at any time before the announcement of the vote if
the voting is by voice, or at any time before the votes are electronically
recorded if the voting is conducted electronically.

2. The
announcement of the result of any vote shall not be postponed.

Rule No. 33. Voting
by Division.

Upon a
division and count of the Assembly on any question, no person without the bar
shall be counted.

The next rule is 40.

VI. LEGISLATIVE BODIES

Rule No. 40. Standing
Committees.

Except as
otherwise provided in this rule, the standing committee of the Assembly is the
Select Committee on State Revenue and Education Funding. The Speaker may
appoint such other standing committees of the Assembly as she determines is
necessary.

Rule No. 41. Appointment
of Committees.

All
committees must be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise directed by the
Assembly. The Speaker shall determine the appropriate number of members for
each committee and shall designate the chairman and vice chairman of each
committee.

Rule No. 42. Committee
Action.

1. A
committee shall have meetings in accordance with the direction of the Assembly
leadership. A quorum of the committee is a majority of its appointed members
and may transact business except as limited by this rule.

2. Except
as limited by this rule, a simple majority of those present may move, second
and pass a motion by voice vote.

3. Definite
action on a bill or resolution will require a majority of the entire committee.

4. A
two-thirds majority of the entire committee is required to reconsider action on
a bill or resolution.

5. Committee
introduction of legislative measures requires concurrence of a majority of the
members of the entire committee and requires a commitment from each such
concurring member to support final passage. A decision by a committee to
request the drafting of an amendment for a bill requires concurrence of a
majority of the members of the entire committee and requires a commitment from
each such concurring member to support the amendment when it is considered on
the floor of the Assembly.

6. The
chairman must be present when the committee votes to take any final action
regarding bills or resolutions, but the chairman is not required to vote.

7. No
member of the committee may vote by proxy under any circumstances.

8. A
committee shall not take a vote on the question of whether to exercise its
statutory authority to issue a legislative subpoena unless the chairman has
informed the Speaker of the intention of the committee to consider such a
question.

Rule No. 43. Subcommittees.

Subcommittees
made up of committee members may be appointed by the chairman to consider and
report back on specific subjects or bills.

Rule No. 44. Reserved.

Rule No. 45. Request
for Drafting of Bill, Resolution or Amendment.

Except as
otherwise provided in this rule, the Legislative Counsel shall not honor a
request for the drafting of a bill, resolution or amendment to be introduced in
the Assembly, unless it is submitted by the Select Committee on State Revenue
and Education Funding, such other standing committees as the Speaker may
appoint, a Conference Committee or the Governor. The Speaker may request the
drafting of one bill for the 23rd Special Session without seeking the approval
of the Select Committee or any other standing committee that the Speaker may
appoint.

Rule No. 46. Committee
Action on Reports.

Committee
reports must be adopted at a committee session actually assembled and meeting
as a committee with a quorum present. Every committee vote on a matter
pertaining to a bill or resolution must be recorded. The vote may be taken by
roll call at the discretion of the chairman.

Rule No. 47. Committee
Records.

The
chairman of each committee shall keep, or cause to be kept, a complete record
of the committee proceedings in which there must be entered:

3. The
names of all persons appearing before the committee, with the names of persons,
firms, corporations or associations in whose behalf such appearance is made;
and

4. The
subjects or measures considered and action taken.

Rule No. 48. Disposition
of Committee Records.

All
minutes, records and documents in the possession of committees and their
chairmen must be filed in the offices of the Legislative Counsel Bureau upon
adjournment sine die.

Rule No. 49. Committee
Hearings.

1. The
presence of a quorum of the committee is desirable but not required to conduct
a public hearing. At the discretion of the chairman, members of the committee
may attend, participate in and, if applicable, vote during the hearing via
simultaneous telephone or video conference.

2. Public
hearings are opened by the chairman, who announces the subject under
consideration and provides for those wishing to address the committee to be
heard. These persons shall rise in an order determined by the chairman, address
the chair and furnish their names, addresses and firms or other organizations
represented. Committee members may address the chairman for permission to
question the witness.

Rule No. 50. Reserved.

Rule No. 51. Reserved.

Rule No. 52. Reserved.

The next rule is 60.

VII. RULES GOVERNING MOTIONS

A. Procedure

Rule No. 60. Entertaining.

No motion
may be debated until it is distinctly announced by the presiding officer. If
desired by the presiding officer or any member, the motion must be reduced to
writing and be read by the Chief Clerk before the motion is debated. A motion
may be withdrawn by the maker at any time before amendment or before the motion
is put to vote.

When a
question is postponed indefinitely, the same question must not be considered
again during the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature and the question is
not subject to a motion for reconsideration.

Rule No. 66. To
Strike Enacting Clause.

A motion
to strike out the enacting clause of a bill or resolution does not take
precedence over any other subsidiary motion. If the motion is carried, it shall
be considered equivalent to the rejection of such bill or resolution.

Rule No. 67. Division
of Question.

Any
member may call for a division of the question, which shall be divided, if it
comprehends propositions in substance so distinct that, one being taken away, a
substantive proposition shall remain for the decision of the Assembly. A motion
to strike out being lost shall preclude neither amendment nor a motion to
strike out and insert. A motion to strike out and insert shall be deemed
indivisible.

Rule No. 68. To
Reconsider.

No motion
to reconsider a vote is in order.

The next rule is 80.

VIII. DEBATE

Rule No. 80. Speaking
on Question.

No member
shall speak more than twice during the consideration of any one question, on
the same day, and at the same stage of proceedings, without leave. Members who
have once spoken shall not again be entitled to the floor (except for
explanation) to the exclusion of others who have not spoken.

Rule No. 81. Previous
Question.

The
previous question shall be put only when demanded by three members. The
previous question shall not be moved by the member last speaking on the
question.

The
author of a bill, a resolution or a main question shall have the privilege of
closing the debate, unless the previous question has been sustained.

The next rule is 90.

IX. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

A. Rules and Procedure

Rule No. 90. Mason’s
Manual.

The rules
of parliamentary practice contained in Mason’s Manual of Legislative
Procedure shall govern the Assembly in all cases in which they are
applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the Rules and orders of
the Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature, and the Joint
Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of the
Legislature.

Rule No. 91. Rescission,
Change or Suspension of Rule.

No rule
or order of the Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature may be
rescinded or changed without a vote of two-thirds of the members elected, and
one day’s notice being given of the motion therefor; but a rule or order may be
suspended temporarily by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.

Rule No. 92. Notices
of Bills, Topics and Public Hearings.

1. Except
as otherwise provided in subsection 3, all committees shall provide adequate
notice of public hearings on bills, resolutions or other topics which are to come
before the committees. The notice must include the date, time, place and agenda
to be covered. The notice must be posted conspicuously in the legislative
building, appear in the daily history and be made available to the news media.
The daily history must include the most current version of the notice that is
available at the time the daily history is created and an informational
statement informing the public where more current information, if any,
regarding such notices may be found.

2. The
noticing requirements of this rule may be suspended for emergency situations
but only after approval by a two-thirds vote of a committee.

3. Subsection
1 does not apply to:

(a) Committee
meetings held on the floor of the Assembly during a recess; or

No
person, except Senators, former Assemblymen and state officers, may be admitted
at the bar of the Assembly, except by special invitation on the part of some
member; but a majority may authorize the Speaker to have the Assembly cleared
of all such persons. No person may do any lobbying upon the floor of the
Assembly at any time, and it is the duty of the Sergeant at Arms to remove any
person violating any of the provisions of this rule.

Rule No. 95. Material
Placed on Legislators’ Desks.

All papers,
letters, notes, pamphlets and other written material placed upon an
Assemblyman’s desk shall contain the signature of the Legislator requesting the
placement of such material on the desk or shall contain a designation of the
origin of such material. This rule does not apply to books containing the
legislative bills and resolutions, the legislative daily histories, the
legislative daily journals or Legislative Counsel Bureau material.

Rule No. 96. Peddling,
Begging and Soliciting.

1. Peddling,
begging and soliciting are strictly forbidden in the Assembly Chamber, and in
the lobby, gallery and halls adjacent thereto.

2. No
part of the Assembly Chamber may be used for or occupied by signs or other
devices for any kind of advertising.

3. No
part of the hallways adjacent to the Assembly Chambers may be used for or
occupied by signs or other devices for any kind of advertising for commercial
or personal gain. Notices for nonprofit, nonpartisan, civic or special
legislative events may be posted in a designated area of the hallways adjacent
to the Assembly Chambers with the approval of the Chief Clerk.

Rule No. 97. Petitions
and Memorials.

Petitions,
memorials and other papers addressed to the Assembly shall be presented by the
Speaker, or by a member in the Speaker’s place. A brief statement of the
contents thereof shall be made by the introducer. They shall not be debated on
the day of their being presented, but shall be on the table, or be referred, as
the Assembly shall determine.

Rule No. 98. Request
of Purpose.

A member
may request the purpose of a bill or joint resolution upon its introduction.

Rule No. 99. Remarks.

It shall
be in order for members to make remarks and to have such remarks entered in the
Journal.

3. The
Rules of the Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature and the
Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 23rd Special Session of the
Legislature.

4. Mason’s
Manual of Legislative Procedure.

Rule No. 101. Reserved.

Rule No. 102. Privileged
Questions.

Privileged
questions have precedence of all others in the following order:

1. Motions
to fix the time to which the Assembly shall adjourn.

2. Motions
to adjourn.

3. Questions
relating to the rights and privileges of the Assembly or any of its members.

4. A
call of the House.

5. Motions
for special orders.

Rule No. 103. Reserved.

B. Bills

Rule No. 104. Reserved.

Rule No. 105. Substitute
Bills.

A
substitute bill shall be deemed and held to be an amendment, and treated in all
respects as such. However, a substitute bill may be amended after its adoption,
in the same manner as if it were an original bill.

Rule No. 106. Skeleton
Bills.

The
introduction of skeleton bills is not authorized.

Rule No. 107. Reserved.

Rule No. 108. Reserved.

Rule No. 109. Reading
of Bills.

The
presiding officer shall announce at each reading of a bill whether it be the
first, second or third reading. The first reading of a bill shall be for
information. If there is objection, the question shall be, “Shall the bill be
rejected?” If the question to reject fails to receive a majority vote by the
members present, or if there is no objection, the bill shall take the proper
course. No bill shall be referred to a committee until after the first reading,
nor amended until after the second reading.

Rule No. 110. Second
Reading and Amendment of Bills.

1. All
bills must be read the second time after which they are reported by committee.
Upon second reading, Assembly bills reported without amendments shall be placed
on the General File and Senate bills reported without amendments shall be placed on the General File.

without
amendments shall be placed on the General File. Committee amendments reported
with bills shall be considered upon their second reading, and such amendments
may be adopted by a majority vote of the members present. Any amendment which
is numbered, copied and made available to all members must be moved and voted
upon by number unless any member moves that it be read in full. Assembly bills
so amended must be reprinted, engrossed and placed on the General File. Senate
bills so amended must be reprinted, then engrossed or reengrossed, as
applicable, and placed on the General File.

2. Only
amendments proposed by the Select Committee or a conference committee may be
considered on the floor of the Assembly. Such a motion to amend may be adopted
on the floor of the Assembly by a majority vote of the members present. Bills
so amended on second reading must be treated the same as bills with amendments
proposed by a committee. Any bill so amended upon the General File must be
reprinted and then engrossed or reengrossed, as applicable.

3. The
reprinting of amended bills may be dispensed with only in accordance with the
provisions of law.

Rule No. 111. Consent
Calendar.

1. A
committee may by unanimous vote of the members present report a bill with the
recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The question of
recommending a bill for the consent calendar may be voted upon in committee only
after the bill has been recommended for passage and only if no amendment is
recommended.

2. The
Chief Clerk shall maintain a list of bills recommended for the consent
calendar. The list must be printed in the daily history and must include the
summary of each bill and the date the bill is scheduled for consideration on
final passage.

3. At
any time before the presiding officer calls for a vote on the passage of the
consent calendar, a member may give written notice to the Chief Clerk or state
orally from the floor of the Assembly in session that he requests the removal
of a particular bill from the consent calendar. If a member so requests, the
Chief Clerk shall remove the bill from the consent calendar and transfer it to
the second reading file. A bill removed from the consent calendar may not be
restored to that calendar.

4. During
floor consideration of the consent calendar, members may ask questions and
offer explanations relating to the respective bills.

5. When
the consent calendar is brought to a vote, the bills remaining on the consent
calendar must be read by number and summary and the vote must be taken on their
final passage as a group.

Rule No. 112. Reserved.

Rule No. 113. General
File.

All bills
reported to the Assembly, after receiving their second readings must be placed
upon a General File, to be kept by the Chief Clerk. Bills must be taken from
the General File and acted upon in the order in which they were reported,
unless otherwise specially ordered by the Assembly. But engrossed bills shall be placed at the head of the file, in the
order in which they are received.

engrossed bills
shall be placed at the head of the file, in the order in which they are
received. The Chief Clerk shall post a daily statement of the bills on the
General File, setting forth the order in which they are filed and specifying
the alterations arising from the disposal of business each day. The Chief Clerk
shall likewise post notices of special orders as made.

Rule No. 114. Reserved.

Rule No. 115. Reserved.

Rule No. 116. Vetoed
Bills.

Bills
that have passed both Houses of the Legislature and are transmitted to the
Assembly accompanied by a message or statement of the Governor’s disapproval or
veto of the same must be taken up and considered immediately upon the coming in
of the message transmitting the same, or become the subject of a special order.
When the message is received, or (if made a special order) when the special
order is called, the said message or statement must be read together with the
bill or bills so disapproved or vetoed. The message and bill must be read by
the Chief Clerk without interruption, consecutively, one following the other,
and not upon separate occasions. No such bill or message may be referred to any
committee, or otherwise acted upon save as provided by law and custom; that is
to say, that immediately following such reading the only question (except as
hereinafter stated) which may be put by the Speaker is, “Shall the bill pass,
notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?” It shall not be in order, at
any time, to vote upon such a vetoed bill unless the same shall first have been
read. No motion may be entertained after the Speaker has stated the question,
save a motion to adjourn or a motion for the previous question, but the merits
of the bill itself may be debated. The message or statement containing the objections
of the Governor to the bill must be entered in the Journal of the Assembly. The
consideration of a vetoed bill, and the objections of the Governor thereto,
shall be a privileged question, and shall take precedence over all others.

Rule No. 117. Reserved.

C. Resolutions

Rule No. 118. Treated
as Bills—Joint Resolutions.

The
procedure of enacting joint resolutions must be identical to that of enacting
bills. However, joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution must
be entered in the Journal in their entirety.

Assembly Concurrent
RESOLUTION—Adopting the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 23rd
Special Session of the Legislature.

Resolved by the
Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate Concurring, That the
following Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 23rd Special Session
of the Legislature are hereby adopted:

APPLICABILITY OF JOINT RULES

Rule No. 1. Generally.

The Joint
Rules for the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature are applicable only
during the 23rd Special Session of the Legislature.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

Rule No. 2. Procedure
Concerning.

1. In
every case of an amendment of a bill, or joint or concurrent resolution, agreed
to in one House, dissented from in the other, and not receded from by the one
making the amendment, each House shall appoint a committee to confer with a
like committee to be appointed by the other; and the committee so appointed
shall meet publicly at a convenient hour to be agreed upon by their respective
chairmen and announced publicly, and shall confer upon the differences between
the two Houses as indicated by the amendments made in one and rejected in the
other and report as early as convenient the result of their conference to their
respective Houses. The report shall be made available to all members of both
Houses. The whole subject matter embraced in the bill or resolution shall be
considered by the committee, and it may recommend recession by either House,
new amendments, new bills or resolutions, or other changes as it sees fit. New
bills or resolutions so reported shall be treated as amendments unless the
bills or resolutions are composed entirely of original matter, in which case
they shall receive the treatment required in the respective Houses for original
bills, or resolutions, as the case may be.

2. The
report of a conference committee may be adopted by acclamation, and such action
may be considered equivalent to the adoption of amendments embodied therein.
The report is not subject to amendment. If either House refuses to adopt the
report, or if the first conference committee has so recommended, a second
conference committee may be appointed. No member who served on the first
committee may be appointed to the second.

3. There
shall be but two conference committees on any bill or resolution. A majority of
the members of a conference committee from each House must be members who voted
for the passage of the bill or resolution.

MESSAGES

Rule No. 3. Procedure
Concerning.

1. Proclamations
by the Governor convening the Legislature in extra session shall, by direction
of the presiding officer of each House, be read immediately after the convening
thereof, filed and entered in full in the Journal of proceedings.

2. Whenever
a message from the Governor is received, the Sergeant at Arms will announce:
“Mr. President, or Madam Speaker, the Secretary of the Governor is at the bar.”
The secretary will, upon being recognized by the presiding officer, announce:
“Mr. President, or Madam Speaker, a message from His Excellency, the Governor
of Nevada, to the Honorable, the Senate or Assembly,” and hand same to the
Sergeant at Arms for delivery to the Secretary of the Senate or Chief Clerk of
the Assembly. The presiding officer will direct any message from the Governor
to be received, read and entered in full in the Journal of proceedings.

3. Messages
from the Senate to the Assembly shall be delivered by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, and messages from the Assembly to the Senate shall be
delivered by the Chief Clerk or Assistant Chief Clerk.

NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION

Rule No. 4. Communications.

Each
House shall communicate its final action on any bill or resolution, or matter
in which the other may be interested, by written notice. Each such notice sent
by the Senate must be signed by the Secretary of the Senate, or a person
designated by the Secretary. Each such notice sent by the Assembly must be
signed by the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, or a person designated by the Chief
Clerk.

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Rule No. 5. Signature.

Each
enrolled bill or joint resolution shall be presented to the presiding officers
of both Houses for signature. They shall, after an announcement of their
intention to do so is made in open session, sign the bill or joint resolution
and their signatures shall be followed by those of the Secretary of the Senate
and Chief Clerk of the Assembly.

Rule No. 6. Joint
Sponsorship.

1. A
bill or resolution introduced by a committee of the Senate or Assembly may, at
the direction of the chairman of the committee, set forth the name of a
committee of the other House as a joint sponsor, if a majority of all members
appointed to the committee of the other House votes in favor of becoming a joint sponsor of the bill or
resolution.

votes in favor
of becoming a joint sponsor of the bill or resolution. The name of the
committee joint sponsor must be set forth on the face of the bill or resolution
immediately below the date on which the bill or resolution is introduced.

2. The
Legislative Counsel shall not cause to be printed the name of a committee as ajoint sponsor on the face of a bill or resolution unless the
chairman of the committee has signed his name next to the name of the committee
on the colored back of the introductory copy of the bill or resolution that was
submitted to the front desk of the House of origin or the statement required by
subsection 4.

3. Upon
introduction, any bill or resolution that sets forth the names of primary joint
sponsors must be numbered in the same numerical sequence as other bills and
resolutions of the same House of origin are numbered.

4. Once
a bill or resolution has been introduced, a primary joint sponsor or nonprimary
joint sponsor may only be added or removed by amendment of the bill or
resolution. An amendment which proposes to add or remove a primary joint
sponsor must not be considered by the House of origin of the amendment unless a
statement requesting the addition or removal is attached to the copy of the
amendment submitted to the front desk of the House of origin of the amendment.
If the amendment proposes to add or remove a committee as a primary joint
sponsor, the statement must be signed by the chairman of the committee. A copy
of the statement must be transmitted to the Legislative Counsel if the
amendment is adopted.

5. An
amendment that proposes to add or remove a primary joint sponsor may include
additional proposals to change the substantive provisions of the bill or
resolution or may be limited only to the proposal to add or remove a primary
joint sponsor.

PRINTING

Rule No. 7. Ordering
and Distribution.

Each
House may order the printing of bills introduced, reports of its own
committees, and other matter pertaining to that House only; but no other printing
may be ordered except by a concurrent resolution passed by both Houses. Each
Senator is entitled to the free distribution of four copies of each bill
introduced in each House, and each Assemblyman to such a distribution of two
copies. Additional copies of such bills may be distributed at a charge to the
person to whom they are addressed. The amount charged for distribution of the
additional copies must be determined by the Director of the Legislative Counsel
Bureau to approximate the cost of handling and postage for the entire session.

(c) Address
the President of the United States, Congress, either House or any committee or
member of Congress, any department or agency of the Federal Government, or any
other state of the Union.

2. A
concurrent resolution must be used to:

(a) Amend
these joint rules.

(b) Request
the return from the Governor of an enrolled bill for further consideration.

(c) Resolve
that the return of a bill from one House to the other House is necessary and
appropriate.

(d) Express
facts, principles, opinion and purposes of the Senate and Assembly.

(e) Establish
a joint committee of the two Houses.

(f) Direct
the Legislative Commission to conduct an interim study.

3. A
concurrent resolution or a resolution of one House may be used to:

(a) Memorialize
a former member of the Legislature or other notable or distinguished person
upon his death.

(b) Congratulate
or commend any person or organization for a significant and meritorious
accomplishment.

VETOES

Rule No. 9. Special
Order.

Bills
which have passed a previous Legislature, and which are transmitted to the
Legislature next sitting, accompanied by a message or statement of the
Governor’s disapproval, or veto of the same, shall become the subject of a
special order; and when the special order for their consideration is reached
and called, the said message or statement shall be read, together with the bill
or bills so disposed or vetoed; and the message and bill shall be read in the
Senate by the Secretary of the Senate and in the Assembly by the Chief Clerk of
the Assembly, without interruption, consecutively, one following the other, and
not upon separate occasions; and no such bill or message shall be referred to
any committee, or otherwise acted upon, save as provided by law and custom;
that is to say, that immediately following such reading the only question
(except as hereinafter stated) which shall be put by the Chair is, “Shall the
bill pass, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?” It shall not be in
order, at any time, to vote upon such vetoed bill without the same shall have
first been read; and no motion shall be entertained
after the Chair has stated the question save a motion for “The previous
question,” but the merits of the bill itself may be debated.

ADJOURNMENT

Rule No. 10. Limitations
and Calculation of Duration.

1. In
calculating the permissible duration of an adjournment for 3 days or less, the
day of adjournment must not be counted but the day of the next meeting must be
counted, and Sunday must not be counted.

2. The
Legislature may adjourn for more than 3 days by motion based on mutual consent
of the Houses or by concurrent resolution. One
or more such adjournments may be taken to permit a committee or the Legislative
Counsel Bureau to prepare the matters respectively entrusted to them for the
consideration of the Legislature as a whole.

EXPENDITURES FROM THE LEGISLATIVE FUND

Rule No. 11. Manner
of authorization.

Except
for routine salary, travel, equipment and operating expenses, no expenditures
shall be made from the Legislative Fund without the authority of a concurrent
resolution regularly adopted by the Senate and Assembly.

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS

Rule No. 12. Duties
of Secretary of Committees and Director.

1. Each
committee shall cause a record to be made of the proceedings of its meetings.

2. The
secretary of a committee shall:

(a) Label
each record with the date, time and place of the meeting and also indicate on
the label the numerical sequence in which the record was made;

(b) Keep
the records in chronological order; and

(c) Deposit
the records immediately following the final adjournment of the special session
of the Legislature with the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

3. The
Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall:

(a) Index
the records;

(b) Make
the records available for accessing by any person during office hours under
such reasonable conditions as he may deem necessary;

(c) Maintain
a log as a public record containing the date, time, name and address of any
person accessing any of the records and identifying the records accessed; and

(d) Retain
the records for two bienniums and at the end of that period keep some form or
copy of the record in any manner he deems reasonable to ensure access to the
record in the foreseeable future.

LIMITATIONS ON REQUESTS FOR

DRAFTING OF LEGISLATIVE MEASURES

Rule No. 13. Germaneness
Required for Amendments.

1. The
Legislative Counsel shall not honor a request for the drafting of an amendment
to a bill or resolution if the subject matter of the amendment is independent
of, and not specifically related and properly connected to, the subject that is
expressed in the title of the bill or resolution.

2. For
the purposes of this Rule, an amendment is independent of, and not specifically
related and properly connected to, the subject that is expressed in the title
of a bill or resolution if the amendment relates only to the general, single
subject that is expressed in that title and not to the specific whole subject
matter embraced in the bill or resolution.

CONTINUATION OF LEADERSHIP OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY DURING
THE INTERIM BETWEEN SESSIONS

Rule No. 14. Tenure
and Performance of Statutory Duties.

1. Except
as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the tenure of the President Pro
Tem, Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker, Speaker
Pro Tem, Majority Floor Leader and Minority Floor Leader of the Assembly
extends during the interim between regular sessions of the Legislature.

2. The
Senators designated to be the President Pro Tem, Majority Leader and Minority
Leader for the next succeeding regular session shall perform any statutory duty
required in the period between the time of their designation after the general
election and the organization of the next succeeding regular session of the Legislature
if the Senator formerly holding the respective position is no longer a
Legislator.

3. The
Assemblymen designated to be the Speaker, Speaker Pro Tem, Majority Floor
Leader and Minority Floor Leader for the next succeeding regular session shall
perform any statutory duty required in the period between the time of their
designation after the general election and the organization of the next
succeeding regular session.

1. The
Legislature hereby declares its intention to maintain a working environment
which is free from sexual harassment. This policy applies to all Legislators
and lobbyists. Each member and lobbyist is responsible to conduct himself or
herself in a manner which will ensure that others are able to work in such an
environment.

2. In
accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, for the purposes of this Rule,
“sexual harassment” means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:

(a) Submission
to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of
a person’s employment;

(b) Submission
to or rejection of such conduct by a person is used as the basis for employment
decisions affecting the person; or

(c) Such
conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with a person’s
work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working
environment.

3. Each
person subject to these Rules must exercise his own good judgment to avoid
engaging in conduct that may be perceived by others as sexual harassment. The
following noninclusive list provides illustrations of conduct that the
Legislature deems to be inappropriate:

(c) Physical
conduct such as unwanted touching, blocking normal movement or interfering with
the work directed at a person because of his sex;

(d) Threats
and demands to submit to sexual requests to keep a person’s job or avoid some
other loss, and offers of employment benefits in return for sexual favors; and

(e) Retaliation
for opposing, reporting or threatening to report sexual harassment, or for
participating in an investigation, proceeding or hearing conducted by the
Legislature or the Nevada Equal Rights Commission or the federal Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission,

Ê when
submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or
condition of a person’s employment or submission to or rejection of such
conduct by a person is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting the
person or such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering
with a person’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or
offensive working environment.

4. A
person may have a claim of sexual harassment even if he has not lost a job or
some other economic benefit. Conduct that impairs a person’s ability to work or
his emotional well-being at work constitutes sexual harassment.

5. If a
Legislator believes he is being sexually harassed on the job, he may file a
written complaint with:

(a) The
Speaker of the Assembly;

(b) The
Majority Leader of the Senate; or

(c) The
Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, if the complaint involves the
conduct of the Speaker of the Assembly or the Majority Leader of the Senate.

Ê The
complaint must include the details of the incident or incidents, the names of
the persons involved and the names of any witnesses.

6. Except
as otherwise provided in subsection 7, the Speaker of the Assembly or the
Majority Leader of the Senate, as appropriate, shall refer a complaint received
pursuant to subsection 5 to a committee consisting of Legislators of the same
House. A complaint against a lobbyist may be referred to a committee in either
House.

7. If
the complaint involves the conduct of the Speaker of the Assembly or the
Majority Leader of the Senate, the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau
shall refer the complaint to the Committee on Elections, Procedures, Ethics,
and Constitutional Amendments of the Assembly or the Committee on Legislative
Operations and Elections of the Senate, as
appropriate.

the Senate, as
appropriate. If the Speaker of the Assembly or the Majority Leader of the
Senate is a member of one of these committees, the Speaker or the Majority
Leader, as the case may be, shall not participate in the investigation and
resolution of the complaint.

8. The
committee to which the complaint is referred shall immediately conduct a
confidential and discreet investigation of the complaint. As a part of the
investigation, the committee shall notify the accused of the allegations. The
committee shall facilitate a meeting between the complainant and the accused to
allow a discussion of the matter, if both agree. If the parties do not agree to
such a meeting, the committee shall request statements regarding the complaint
from each of the parties. Either party may request a hearing before the
committee. The committee shall make its determination and inform the
complainant and the accused of its determination as soon as practicable after
it has completed its investigation.

9. If
the investigation reveals that sexual harassment has occurred, the Legislature
will take appropriate disciplinary or remedial action, or both. The committee
shall inform the complainant of any action taken. The Legislature will also
take any action necessary to deter any future harassment.

10. The
Legislature will not retaliate against a person who files a complaint and will
not knowingly permit any retaliation by the person’s supervisors or coworkers.

11. The
Legislature encourages a person to report any incident of sexual harassment
immediately so that the complaint can be quickly and fairly resolved.

12. Action
taken by a complainant pursuant to this Rule does not prohibit the complainant
from also filing a complaint of sexual harassment with the Nevada Equal Rights
Commission or the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

13. All
Legislators and lobbyists are responsible for adhering to the provisions of
this policy. The prohibitions against engaging in sexual harassment and the
protections against becoming a victim of sexual harassment set forth in this
policy apply to employees, Legislators, lobbyists, vendors, contractors,
customers and visitors to the Legislature.

14. This
policy does not create any enforceable legal rights in any person.